NBA Draft: Heat meet with Kelly Oubre

There is mutual interest between the Miami Heat and Kelly Oubre. (Getty Images)

There is mutual interest between the Miami Heat and Kelly Oubre. (Getty Images)

If the Heat are indeed out to land a wing player in this year’s NBA Draft, former Kansas forward Kelly Oubre is worth a look.

Miami staff met with Oubre at last week’s NBA Combine in Chicago, and the team is eying him as a possibility with the No. 10* pick. He is 6-foot-7, 200 pounds and could work as a small forward or shooting guard in the pros.

“It was great. He’s a legend who has coached greats in the past, and seeing what he knows about the game of basketball is something I would never take for granted. I listened to every single thing he said. I asked him a couple questions, also, to see if I could pick his brain for things I need to know about my future.

“One of the things that stuck out to me was he said, ‘If you want to play for us, you’ve gotta be in the best shape of your life.’ I like to run and gun. If I’m running, I’m scoring in transition, and that’s what I do best.”

[* – Miami’s pick in the draft is undetermined until Tuesday night’s lottery. The Heat are in the 10th position, meaning they have an 87 percent chance of picking in that spot. They have a four percent chance of cracking the top three. There is a nine percent shot of them slipping to No. 11 or later, which would mean they must give the pick to Philadelphia.

Why? Miami gave up this year’s first-round pick in the sign-and-trade for LeBron James in 2010. The Cavaliers sent that pick to the 76ers last summer in a three-way deal to acquire Kevin Love.

The pick is top-10 protected for this year and next, then unprotected in 2017.]